Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of boxes
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Why a Global Green New Deal?
- Part II The Key Components of a Global Green New Deal
- Part III The Role of the International Community
- Part IV Towards a Greener World Economy
- Appendix 1 PIIE–WRI analysis of a green recovery program for the United States
- Appendix 2 Pew comparative analysis of clean energy jobs and investments in the United States, 1998–2007
- Glossary
- Index
Part II - The Key Components of a Global Green New Deal
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of boxes
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Why a Global Green New Deal?
- Part II The Key Components of a Global Green New Deal
- Part III The Role of the International Community
- Part IV Towards a Greener World Economy
- Appendix 1 PIIE–WRI analysis of a green recovery program for the United States
- Appendix 2 Pew comparative analysis of clean energy jobs and investments in the United States, 1998–2007
- Glossary
- Index
Summary
The policy debate over developing a “blueprint” for greening modern economies has been with us for some time. The multiple global crises of the past couple of years have brought renewed attention on the possible convergence between green economy initiatives and short-term solutions to resolving these crises.
The food crisis of the past several years spurred the United Nations in 2008 to assemble a High-Level Task Force (HLTF) to recommend international policies to ameliorate the crisis. The HLTF formulated a comprehensive plan of coordinated actions at the national and global levels, with short-, medium- and long-term objectives to boost agricultural production, trade and sustainability. The HLTF plan also called on donor countries to double financing for food assistance, other types of nutritional support and safety net programs, and for an increase in the percentage of aid to be invested in food and agricultural development from the current 3 percent of overseas development assistance to 10 percent within five years.
In response to the growing concerns over climate change and fossil fuel dependency, policy think tanks in the United States have been urging the new US administration of President Barack Obama to consider specific measures to ensure the development of a “low-carbon” economy. In its 2008 yearbook, the United Nations Environment Programme documented the growing numbers of companies worldwide instigating environmental policies and investors pumping billions of dollars into cleaner and renewable energies. A “Green New Deal” was proposed for the United Kingdom as early as July 2008.
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- A Global Green New DealRethinking the Economic Recovery, pp. 31 - 34Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010
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